| Ehime Orange Vikings | |||
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| Conference | West | ||
| Division | Second | ||
| Leagues | B.League | ||
| Founded | 2005 | ||
| History | Oita Heat Devils (2005–2015) Oita Ehime Heat Devils (2015–2016) Ehime Orange Vikings (2016–present) | ||
| Arena | Matsuyama General Community Center Gymnasium | ||
| Location | Matsuyama, Ehime | ||
| Head coach | Kazuhiro Shoji | ||
| Website | www | ||
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The Ehime Orange Vikings (愛媛オレンジバイキングス, Ehime Orenji Baikingusu) are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, that competes in the second division of the B.League.[1][2]
The team was founded in 2005 as the Oita HeatDevils, one of the founding members of the bj league. The team was based in Ōita city, Ōita Prefecture until 2015, at which time the club relocated to Matsuyama for the 2015-16 season of the bj league and changed its name to the Oita Ehime HeatDevils.
- ^ "県内の活動終了を報告 ヒートデビルズ" [HeatDevils report end of activity within prefecture] (in Japanese). Oita Godo Shimbun. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ Nagatsuka, Kaz (29 August 2015). "JPBL finalizes division placements for 2016–17". The Japan Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.